in you make.conf? or you haven't compiled alsa-tools with the "alsa_cards_emu10k1" USE-flag?

btw, how did you managed to set up the card the first time? _________________"I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language!"

I'm currently running an update (there is a lot of KDE packages, so it will take a while), then I will try to reboot into a Ubuntu Live CD to see if it isn't a hardware problem._________________The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim.
-- Edsger Dijkstra

OK. I rebooted back to Gentoo with kernel updated to 3.8.13 and the Audigy card suddenly reappeared.

I have no idea what could have happened - with the older kernel, the card worked normally, then suddenly stopped working after a reboot - I tried rebootig several times, it still wouldn't work. Now everything seems fine._________________The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim.
-- Edsger Dijkstra

cool..
could you post everything that could be related to the card plz? (alsa configuration, kernel-config, etc)?_________________"I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language!"